KFC Criticized Over Suppliers in China

By

Colum Murphy

Updated Dec. 19, 2012 4:10 p.m. ET

SHANGHAI—Yum Brands Inc. is facing increasing challenges in China after the Beijing-controlled national television broadcaster criticized the company's KFC chain over alleged improper use of antibiotics in chickens supplied by Chinese companies.

The allegations by state-run China Central Television on its noon nationwide news broadcast on Wednesday couldn't be independently confirmed. But they follow Yum's warning late last month of falling same-store sales in China, a market that accounted for around 44% of its revenue...